Monthly Archives: September 2011

The rumor that Facebook will suddenly start charging users to access the site has become one of the social media era’s perennial chain letters. While Facebook prominently advertises that its service is “free and always will be” on its homepage, it hasn’t stopped false rumors of a pay scheme from going viral on numerous occasions,…

Google for the first time is providing a window into real-time web traffic with Google Analytics Real-Time. Real-Time reports are available in the new version of Google Analytics, and administrators with Analytics accounts will get Real-Time reports. Google turned the new feature on Thursday for “a number of you,” John Jersin, product manager at Google…

Much of the buzz in social media has been, as is expected, around the changes announced by Facebook regarding users’ profiles and news feeds. “Timeline”, which will replace each user’s wall, is designed to essentially be a form of scrapbook for users, accumulation the different pieces of content from each user and transforming it into…

I’m not a prognosticator. I resist invitations to predict technology trends. I never write blog posts on the top 10 ways social or digital media will impact business in the new year. It’s just too volatile a space where a single innovation (e.g., Twitter) or misstep can upend the apple cart. (Go back and read…